Thursday, January 22, 2009

VANOC transportation sites revealed

The Metro Vancouver and Sea-to-Sky Olympic lane network -- lanes for approved Olympic cars, trucks and buses only -- could be public in February or March. Judging by the far-flung transportation nodes, it will be vast. The Olympic lane network is the reason why VANOC CEO John Furlong made a mid-November plea for companies to change work hours, allow telecommuting or take a vacation during the Games. Without a massive reduction in so-called "background traffic," gridlock is guaranteed.2010 Gold Rush has learned that sites as far east as Pitt Meadows and Abbotsford are in the transportation mix. Here are key locations from the Oct. 18, 2008 VANOC Master Site List (version 25).